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FOOT BEST FOR SOHOOLIDESKS. No. 338,487. Patented Mar. 23, 1886.

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'provided with my improved foot-rest.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM P. OONNER, OF BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCHOOL FURNISHING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FOOT-REST FOR SCHOOL-DESKS.

FQPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,487, dated March 23, 1886.

Application filed June 27, 1E- 85.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P.v CONNER, of Bloornsburg, in the county of Columbia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Foot-Rest for School-Desks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved foot-rest for schooldesks, which can be adjusted in different positions or swung out of the way entirely.

The invention consists in the combination, with a school-desk, of curved notched bars on the legs and a swinging foot rest bar above the notched bars, and ot' winged nuts for looking the fo0t-rest bar in place.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of a desk Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same.

The desk or top A is secured on the legs B, and on the inner surface or side of each leg a segmental bar, 0, is held, the concave edge being at the top and provided with three or more notches, D, one at the middle and the other two at the opposite ends. The foot-rest bar E is of such size that its ends can be passed into the notches D, and to each end of the bar E a plate, F, is secured at right angles, each of which plates is provided in the free end with a longitudinal slot, G, through Serial No. 169,968. (No model.)

which abolt, H, passes, the end of which is 5 held in a recess in the outer end of the leg,the said bolt being at the center of the circle of the segmental bar 0. A winged nut, J, or other nut is screwed on the inner end of each bolt. 40

To adjust the foot-rest, the nuts J are loosened, and the barE is raised out of the notches D in the curved bars O, and swung toward the front or back of the desk, and its ends are passedinto other notches. The nutsJ are then drawn up tight, to prevent lifting or raising the ends of the bar E. The foot rest can thus be adjusted very easily, according to the length of the legs of the person occupying the desk, or the foot-rest can be swung up and out of the way, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and can be locked in place.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the legsB of a desk, provided near their lower inner ends with the curved transverse bars 0, notched, as at D, of bolts H,above the central notches, D, footbar resting at its ends in the notches D, and the vertical plates F, secured on the ends of the foot-rest bar, and having slots G, through which the bolls pass, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM P. CONNER.

Witnesses:

SAM 0. BROWN, JOHN L. WooD. 

